# Incident 20011220035019I: Boeing 7373S3, Kansas City, MO, December 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2001, 14:50 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N315AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N315AW-2012-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3S3 (registry code 138449H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3s3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373S3
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM563B2
- People aboard: 117
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011220035019I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 12-20-2001, AT 1450 CDT DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING 737-3S3, N315AW, OPERATED BY AMERCA WEST AIRLINES, INC. (AWXA) AS FLIGHT 451, ABORTED 2 TAKEOFFS. THE CREW RECEIVED A TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION WARNING WHEN THE POWER LEVERS WERE ADVANCED FOR TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND THE TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION WAS CHECKED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TOOK THE RUNWAY AGAIN, AND AGAIN THE CREW RECEIVED A TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION WARNING. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THEFLAP POS LE CIRCUIT BREAKER OUT. THIS CIRCUIT BREAKER (CB) IS IN-LINE WITH THE FIRST OFFICER'S SHOULDER HARNESS. THE FLIGHT CREW RADIOED MAINTENANCE OPERATIONAL CONTROL (MOC) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION WARNING, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FIRST OFFICER'S SHOULDER HARNESS MAY HAVE STRUCK THE BREAKER. THE FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED AUTHORIZATION TO RESET THE CB FROM MOC. MOC PERFORMED A HISTORY CHECK ON THE AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE ANY HISTORY ON THE FAULT AND NONE WAS FOUND. THE CB WAS RESET, THE AIRCRAFT PUSHED BACK AND THE FLIGHT 451 CONTINUED ON TO PHX. INCIDENT CE2002IAC0024 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE FILING OF THIS REPORT

## Other reports on N315AW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920107002839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920107002839I), Jan 7, 1992: Boeing 737353 (N315AW), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. During take off roll NR2 engine ingested a bird. Aborted takeoff and returned to gate.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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